1 NATIONAL AFFAIRS 1. Which Indian State flagged of India’s 1st of its 3. Answer - 5) Himachal Pradesh kind ‘Fruit Train’ Carries a load of 980 metric Himachal Pradesh is the ‘Theme State’ of the 34th tonnes of Bananas under brand name ‘Happy Surajkund International Crafts Mela 2020, which is Bananas’ (January 2020)? showcasing its unique culture and rich heritage through 1) West Bengal 2) Uttar Pradesh various art forms and handicrafts from the state. There is 3) Karnataka 4) Andhra Pradesh also a replica of Also a replica of ‘Bhima Kali Temple’ and 5) Tamil Nadu the already existing ‘Maheshwar Devta Temple’, promises to be the main attraction of this year’s Mela. 1. Answer - 4) Andhra Pradesh India’s first of its kind fruit train was launched from 4. Which country has banned the export of N95 Tadipatri Railway Station in Anantapur district & from masks and all kinds of protective equipment’s Kadapa district of Andhra Pradesh. This is the first time (February 2020) with immediate effect to avoid an entire train carrying a load of 980 metric tonnes of the increasing demand of the products (due to locally grown bananas. The bananas will be exported outbreak of nCoV)? under the brand name ‘Happy Bananas’. Guntakal 1) China Railway division (is one of the four divisions of South 2) United States of America Coast Railway zone of the Indian Railways) has loaded 3) Singapore bananas for export to West Asian countries from 4) India Tadipatri at very first time and also it has been sent to the 5) Germany Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNP)in Mumbai, 4. Answer - 4) India Maharashtra from where it will be exported to Iran. On February 01, 2020 Export of all kinds of personal 2. The 34th edition of Surajkund International protection equipment, like clothing and masks for Crafts mela was Inaugrated by President Ram protecting people from airborne particles including Nath Govind in February 2020 (Feb 1-16, 2020). coveralls and N95 masks were banned by India with The Surajkund International Crafts mela the immediate effect. The move has been taken assuming largest crafts fair in the world was conducted that there could be a growing demand for such products in which Indian State? due to the recent outbreak of Novel Coronavirus (nCoV). 1) Chhattisgarh 2) New Delhi 5. The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) 3) Haryana 4) Himachal Pradesh along with Swiss Agency for Development and 5) Goa Cooperation (SDC) have launched Clean Air 2. Answer - 3) Haryana Project (CAP) in which Indian city/cities? President of India Shri. Ram Nath Kovind 1) Lucknow 2) Nasik inaugurated the 34th edition of Surajkund International 3) Kanpur 4) Maharashtra Crafts Mela in Haryana. Surajkund International Crafts 5) All of the Above Mela the Largest crafts fair in the world will be held every 5. Answer - 5) All of the Above year at Surajkund in Faridabad district, Haryana. In order to improve air quality, TERI along with 3. Which Indian State has been chosen as ‘theme Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) state’ in 34th edition of Surajkund have launched Clean Air Project (CAP) in 4 Indian cities International Crafts mela 2020? namely, Uttar Pradesh’s (UP) Lucknow and Kanpur and 1) Arunachal Pradesh 2) Uttar Pradesh Maharashtra’s Pune and Nashik. This move will support 3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Andhra Pradesh the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP) which aims 5) Himachal Pradesh to reduce the PM (particulate matter) 2.5 and PM 10 2 concentrations by 20-30 % by 2024. NCAP was launched 9. Supreme Court (SC) has directed the state by Environment Ministry in January 2019. Governments to issue notification regarding 6. In the 3 day Narmada Mahotsav celebrated establishment of mobile village courts ‘Gram (Jan1-Feb3, 2020), one day is reserved for Nyayalayas’ within 4 weeks. Who is the Head of theme ‘Beti Bachao-Beti Padhao’. The SC bench which directed the order? Narmada Mahotsav was held at? 1) Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde 1) Maharashtra 2) Gujarat 2) Justice Jasti Chelameswar 3) Madhya Pradesh 4) Punjab 3) Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana 5) Chhattisgarh 4) Justice Indira Banerjee 5) Justice Aniruddha Bose 6. Answer - 3) Madhya Pradesh In Madhya Pradesh (MP), Bhopal, 3-day Narmada 9. Answer – 3) Justice Nuthalapati Venkata Mahotsav was celebrated on 31st January to 2nd Ramana February 2020, on the plains of Amarkantak, MP, on the Supreme Court (SC) bench headed by Justice occasion of Narmada Jayanthi. Among 3 days of Nuthalapati Venkata (NV) Ramana has directed the celebration one day will be reserved for all women state governments to issue notifications for establishing activities under the theme of “Beti Bachao- Beti Padhao” mobile village courts called “Gram Nyayalayas” within 4 weeks. It also asked the High Courts (HC) to speed up 7. The India’s biggest rural technical festival consultation with department concerned on the matter. ‘Antapragnya 2020’ with the theme ‘Spot and encourage rural tech innovators’ held at which 10. The Cabinet gives in-principle approval for Indian State? setting up new port Vadhavan (Feb 2020) at a 1) Tamil Nadu 2) Andhra Pradesh cost of Rs. 65,544.54 crores in which Indian 3) Telangana 4) Karnataka state? 5) Maharashtra 1) Gujarat 2) Karnataka 3) Goa 4) Maharashtra 7. Answer - 3) Telangana 5) West Bengal India’s biggest rural technical festival ‘Antahpragnya 2020’ was held in Rajiv Gandhi 10. Answer - 4) Maharashtra University of knowledge Technologies (RGUKT), Basar, The cabinet has given its ‘in-principle’ approval for Nirmal district, Telangana and the festival was setting up a Major Port at Vadhavan near Dahanu in inaugurated by M Prashanthi, District Collector of Maharashtra at a cost of Rs. 65,544.54 crores. The port Nirmal, Telangana. The festival was held for 3 days from will be developed on “land lord model”. 31st January to February 1,2020. The theme for the year 11. The Cabinet has approved to provide 2020 was “Spot and encourage rural tech innovators”. Institution of national important status for The festival displays 300 prototypes, working models, which among the following Institutions in Feb exhibits technologies such as automatic switch for water, 2020? homemade electricity, smoke absorber, automatic street 1) IIIT Surat 2) IIIT Bhopal lighting system, smart dustbins, zero budget farming, 3) IIIT Agartala 4) IIIT Raichur automatic irrigation etc. 5) All the above 8. Which is the 1st Indian State to declare novel 11. Answer - 5) All the above coronavirus as ‘State Disaster’ (Feb 2020)? The cabinet has approved introduction of the Indian 1) West Bengal 2) Tamil Nadu Institutes of Information Technology Laws (Amendment) 3) Uttar Pradesh 4) Haryana Bill, 2020 the bill has provision to provide the Five IIITs 5) Kerala in Public-private partnership (PPP) as institution of 8. Answer - 5) Kerala national importance to Surat (Gujarat), Bhopal (Madhya The Kerala government has declared the novel Pradesh), Bhagalpur (Bihar), Agartala (Tripura) and coronavirus epidemic as a “state calamity” after three Raichur (Karnataka) will now be able to use the people were tested positive for the infection in the state, nomenclature of Bachelor of Technology, BTech or which was announced by State Health Minister KK Master of Technology or PhD degree. Shailaja, nearly 25 countries were infected by novel 12. The Central government has relaxed the rule coronavirus so far. (The airline need to have minimum 20 aircraft 3 to operate internationally) to Alliance Air in 3) Athletics Federation of India operating flights between India and _____? 4) Archery Association of India 1) Maldives 2) Sri Lanka 5) Special Olympics Bharat 3) Nepal 4) Bhutan 15. Answer - 1) Hockey India 5) China Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Hockey India 12. Answer - 2) Sri Lanka announced the establishment of the High Performance The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Centers in 7 places across the country, for the young (PM) Shri Narendra Modi, has approved exemptions in hockey players (14 to 24 years of age) to participate in Air India’s subsidiary- Alliance Air for the operation of 2024 and 2028 Olympic games. international flights between India & Sri Lanka with 16. The Arun-III hydro project is backed by India prior effect by waiving the rule that an airline needs to and secured NPR 100 Billion for 900MW have minimum 20 aircraft to operate internationally. project built on the river Arun. Where is river 13. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a Arun located at? 15-member trust named ‘Sri Ram Janma 1) Maldives 2) Sri Lanka Bhoomi Tirtha Kshetra trust’ to construct ram 3) Bhutan 4) Nepal temple in Ayodhya. The Ayodhya is located in 5) Myanmar which Indian state? 16. Answer - 4) Nepal 1) Madhya Pradesh 2) Uttar Pradesh The Arun-3 hydropower project, the largest 3) Gujarat 4) Maharashtra Indian-backed project in Nepal, secured NPR (Nepalese 5) Haryana rupee) 100 Billion for the 900 MW (megawatt) 13. Answer - 2) Uttar Pradesh hydropower project being built on the Arun River in Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced in Nepal’s Sankhuwasabha District. India’s Satluj Jal Parliament about the formation of a trust to oversee the Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) Arun-III Power Development construction of a Ram Temple in Ayodhya, Uttar Company, the developer of the Arun-III hydropower Pradesh. In this regard, 67.703 acres of land near the project has signed the financial closure of the project with temple area has been allocated to the trust. 7 banks in Kathmandu, Nepal. 14. With which country India has signed 1st ever 17. Where is India’s 1st ever Glass floor bridge term contract for importing 2 Million Metric built at replacing iconic suspension bridge Tonnes of Urals grade crude oil to India for the Lakshman Jhula? year 2020? 1) Uttar Pradesh 2) Madhya Pradesh 1) Oman 2) UAE 3) Himachal Pradesh 4) Uttarakhand 3) USA 4) Russia 5) Meghalaya 5) Iran 17.